Farrier&#39;s nail-pulling nippers.



P. BROADBOOKS.

FARRIERS NAIL PULLING NIPPERS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed January 22, 1913. Serial No. 743,509.

To all Whom. it 'l/Mlf/ concern Be it known that I, Purim Bnoinnoous, of Batavia, in the county of Genesee and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful l mprm'ements in lfi arriers Ntlll-Pl'llllllg Nip iers; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is a novel improvement in farriers tools and its object is to provide a farriei."s tool. which can be used both as a. nippers and a nail puller so as to save the farrier the necessity of having two tools, or of injuring his nippers by trying to extract nails therewith.

The object of this invention is to form the jaws of cutting nippers with pulling prongs so that thetool can be used to extract horseshoe nails whenever it is necessary or desired to withdraw the same, without danger of injuring the cutting edges of the nippers; and whereby the handles of the tool will not have to be spread the distance apart in order to grasp the head of a horseshoe nail, as is necessary when using the ordinary nippers for such purpose.

In the preferred form of the invention the nipper jaws are oppositely recessed at their outer edges at angles corresponding to the inclines of the horseshoe nail heads, the opposed recesses forming a dove-tailed notch adapted to engage the nail head and having a more effective grip upon the head of the nail than is obtainable with the ordinary cutting nippers. It is obvious that a tool of this description could be made with nail pulling recesses at one or both sides of the jaw or at the center of the face of the jaws, and with or without cutting edges but if preferably combine both the pulling prongs and the cutting jaws in one tool.

It will be seen my invention applicable to the aws of ordinary nippers which may be transformed so as to embody my invention as hereinafter described.

The invention is very simple; it will not increase the cost of the tool over the ordinary nippers, and it is highly useful to farriers, as the cutting edges of ordinary nippers are very liable to break if used for pulling horseshoe nails, because the sharp cutting edges have not su'tlicient strength to withstand the great strain to which they are subjected in pulling nails.

I will explain the invention in detail with. reference to the accompanyiug drawings, in which- Figure .1 is a perspective view of a far rim-"s nail pulling nippers embodying the invention. liig. 2 is a similar view showing the manner in which the tool is used in extracting a nail. Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. l.

'lhe invention may be adapted or applied to ordinary nippers, but I. n'elerably use nippers such as shown in my .latent #581,092 of Ptltll'tfll 23, 1908.

As shown in the drawings the nippers comprise opposite jaws l and 2 connected to handles 1, 2 and pivotally connected by a pin 2 at their intersection in the usual manner. The parts ll, 1, and E2, 2" may be complementary, or of any desired construction. The jaws I1. and 2 are sharpened on their meeting edges so that they can nip or cut the ends of nails projecting through the hoofs in the usual way.

Ordinarily if a nail is n'iisdrivcn, or has to be withdrawn for any purpose, the far rier has to drop the nippers and pick up a pair of nail pullers to draw the nail, or he frequently attempts to pull the nail by catching it with the nippcrs and using the latter as a puller. Such use of the nippcrs is wrong and expensive because the cutting edges of the nippers are apt to chip or break under the strain so that the tool is rendered unlit for cutting, and sometimes the nail head will be cut or broken oil because of the excessive bite of the nippers thereon in try ing to extract the nail.

In my invention I preferably provide the jaws 1 and 2 with opposite preferably angular notches, indicated at 1 and 2, Fig. l; the notches 1" 2 being formed in the sides of the jaws at adjacent ends of the cutting edges thereof, so that when the jaws are closed these notches form a kind of V- shaped or dove-tailed recess, as shown in Fig. 1, preferably having slightly inclined beveled sides 1, 9, as shown, which latter will engage the tapered head of an ordinary horseshoe nail, as indicated in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 shows in dotted lines the outer edge of a section of a shoe with the flange partly broken away to show the nipper as applied to the head of a nail which is to be extracted. In extracting a nail the notches of the jaws are engaged with the head of a nail as shown in Fig. 2 as the notches in the jaws of the nippers are V-shaped it is obvious that the jaws are not liable to slip off and lose their hold on the head and that the cutting edges are not injured in pulling.

a nail; and as the jaws take a sure hold on the head there is no time lost in doing the work. This Fig. 2 clearly shows the usefulness of having the jaws notched so that when the tool is in a closed position the notches form recess nearly as large as the head of the nail, and the walls of such recess being formed'at an angle to fit the head, a sure hold can he obtained. Furthermore by having the notches in the cutting edges of the jaws as Shown in Figs. l2, said jaws have all the strength necessary, and as the notches extend back from the cutting edgesthe latter can he made and milled like ordinary nipper jaws with a sharp cutting edge. As is plainly seen this tool is specifically designed for nipping and extracting horseshoe nails, and for no other use.

While the invention is very simple, it is useful and novel, and practically converts a nippers into two tools; and enables it to be safely used as a nail puller without injury to the cutting edges; and thus imparts additional utility thereto.

pivoted members having cooperating jaws provided with meeting edges said edges having notches adjacent the sides of the jaws provided with opposing beveled inclined walls forming when the jaws are closed a dovetailed notch narrower at its outer end and adapted to laterally receive and engage a nail head embedded in the groove of a horseshoe.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER BROADBOOKS.

Witnesses C. B. PIXLY, EARL B. PERRY.

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